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5 years ago
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Power BI desktop error: Unable to open document

Hello - I'm getting a bit frustrated with Power BI desktop as I have this error (shared in the picture) frequently. I use desktop version: 2.87.1061.0 64-bit (November 2020). As it happens a lot, ev...
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    v-robertq-msft
    5 years ago

    Hi, Anonymous 

    I think both space and underscore are OK to be used in the name, the important thing is not to wrap any symbols. And you cannot end the name with space or any symbol. Between space and underscore, I prefer to underscore because it is more in line with the naming convention.

     

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    Community Support Team _Robert Qin

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v-robertq-msft
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5 years ago

Hi, Anonymous 

You can try to rename your pbix file name to make it only contains letters, numbers and space, and upgrade your desktop version to the newest one.

Here are some suggestions according to this kind of problems, you can take a look and check if you can solve it:

https://windowsreport.com/cant-open-power-bi-file/

https://windowsreport.com/power-bi-file-wont-open/

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Unable-to-open-the-document-issue/td-p/836227

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Unable-to-open-document/td-p/353656

 

Best Regards,

Community Support Team _Robert Qin

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.